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L. ROTHSCHILD.

AUTO TIRE CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24. l9l9.

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ATTORNEY PatentedJuly 29, 1919.

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Appiiwiion lied February. 2/4, 1919. Serial F0. 279.017

To oll'vehomifi may coni'er Be it known that I, ilroms'llornscmw, a

'cieizen of the United-States, residingat the 9 city of Philadelphia, in the county of Phil- '5 adelphia and State ofPexmsylvania, have invented certain new. and useful Improvernents in 'AutoJlire Carriers, ofn'hich the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to a device for al- 10 tachment to a motor-car.- body. to clenchingly hold a plurality of tire-tubes, for read? use;

' and in such connection itrelates tothe con 1 struetiiie arrangement of thedeviee for the. defined purpose.

I The principal objects oimy invention are first, to provide an auto-tire carrier ar ranged to be readily assembled for use jontl, to provide a deiioe arranged to adjustablyearry a plurality of tire-whoa loekingly.

securedlzhereto; third,- to: provide a tireqt nbe carrier whioh the: members can be with facility adjusted to sesame opsrasivo' relation for reception-of a plurality of tizataibesyiourth to provide a tile-tube carrier havin eilicifens means lo unlock in "aria the g P device so asi'to'relwse separately lire-tubes therefrom; fiilh, to provide a tire-tube car rier, wheieofan adwsiafble .ineznberwrves nlsofia's a locking member by. the shifting of the same to pennit oi the positioning of theothers to assnme such relation as t/o permit oi'the ready clenching and lioldiiw of the tiretubes detachabl'y applied thereto; and "sixth,,lo provide a tire t-ube. carrier constractivelyarrangedfor reception 'ofa' plurality of tire-tubes in the manner substantially as hereinafter described. The'nature. scope and characteristic few lines oi my presentinvent-ion will be more 40 fully understood from the following descrlp t-iootaken in conneelion with'the acconipanying drawings forming par; hereof. in which I j Figure 1, is a front elevation View of the auto tire-tube carrier, embodying essential, main features of my invention.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3. is a vertical sectional View on the line 3 3. of Fig. 1.

' 4, is a fragmentaryelevationnl detail view of the device, shown) th locking member ina released or flexe position; and

Fig. 5, is 'ahroken sectional view of thev shiftable loo-long means with as part, a flanged cap-shapedsleeve to engage and thereby lock the said nut in the tire carrying condition of said device.

.Referring tothe drawings a, represents the'baok ofaxnotor-i'ehicle, and aha gasolene tank suspended from beueath'the, car, a

' and co represent two lower supporting brackets, and a, an upper bracket projecting fromthe car body, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2. ancl,3,an'dcarrying at the-free ends a fiangedfcircular'rixn of, adaptedfto be engaged by recessed shoes of the auto-tire tube carrier to be hereinafterfull explained.

, The carrier consists as shown of a Y- shaped cast-in b, the tire divergent arms 5, and 6 of which are threaded thcreinto and 'attheir opposite extremities are provided recessed shoes b and b, arranged preferably in pairs for gripping the tire-tubes placed in contact therewith. asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The arms 6 and 5 are partially threaded atboth ends. shown in Fig.1 so as to permit of the adjusting of both recessed shoes, in respect to the location of the cenfiralcastin and also to enable the said carrier to he slipped, in a convenient kne {loan condition, for ready asseinbling 10!" application to a motor-car body, for use. The middle section of the f-shaped casting b, is internally arrun red ivith a smooth surface throughout. as indicated in full outline in Fig. 5, for 'assing a threaded bolt 0, therethrough. This boltcarries on its lower estremityja recessed gripping shoe 0. The

' bolt 0. is rovided as shown. with a hem-o" onal-shaped nut 1 to afiord proper positioning of the carrier 7). and also the jannning of the nutc tig'litl against lhe lower end of the central section. of the Yshaped castiiig b. as clearly shown in Figs. 3. l and 5. The threaded bolt 0. is so arranged as to permit a cup-shaped sleeve member (i to loosely travel thereon and to which member is pivoted a lever-arm d. This lever-arm in turn is pivoted to another lever-arm d". and at the lower extremity of the latter leverar1n is givoted a tire-shoe as clearly shown in igs. 3 and 4. whereby through the shifting of the respective lever-nuns and into the position. as shown in Fig. 3. the said sleeve istherebyelevated into a position to embrace and hence conceal the'nut 0 (s clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and?) to prc vent the said nut being turned: and at the same time the said lever-arms are prescnrol so that the openings (l and 11 register with each other to allow the tongue 7, of the 'o 1. An auto-tiretube with each other as in Figs. 1

3, f against detachment,

padlock i, being passed therethrough, to securely lock the said lever-arms in contact and 3 and shown flexed in Fi 4. In the position, as g ylziown in Fig. 3, tie tire-tubes C, C, are

'ereby securely held as shown in Figs. 2 and while the car is standin I or on the road and is so held until said lever- 1S given the 'said'loc ing-means f, is released from the armsd and d.

It will be observed that as the foregoing device-is arranged, release of a tire-tube can position, as shown in Fig. iand in this posit1on, a tire tube can be replaced to assume a position to become locked there ping contact position with each v details in arrangement of the said device,

made, Without depart 3 trated but 'tion; and therefore,

to, train Fig. 3, with at the same time the respective lever-arms 03 and d, in overlapother.

, It will be manifestly obvious that as to shoes, a bolt passing through said member and carrying a means to in' positioning said shoes, a sleeve movablea lever arm, va 1 QIGDChQIrShOG adjust said member on said bolt .and carrying t connected W h the lower end i of said bolt, a second lever-arm pivoted to -said first-named lever arm to-with n clencher-shoe in'connection with the and provided clencher-shoe of said bolt and a lock-means to engage said. lever-arms in a certain position-thereof, substantially as and for the purposes described.

* 2; An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a be instantly accomplished, when the device,

what I claim as new carrying clenchers nausea member having recessed shoes, a threaded vertical bolt passing through said member and having 'a recessed shoe and a lock-nut to adjust said member, in positioning said shoes, a sleeve loosely mounted on said bolt and having an extremity to embrace said nut, said sleeve pivoted to a lever-arm, a second lever-arm pivoted thereto-arid to a recessed shoe movably connected with said lever-arm and said shoe in turn pivoted to said bolt shoe and a lock-means to engage said lever-arms and registering with each other, substantially as and for the purposes descrlbed. I

3. An aiztotme-tube carrier, comprising a tubular member having a plurality of ad-' justable extremital recessed gripping shoes, a vertical threaded bolt having a am-nut and at the lower extremity carrying a'fixed shoe, a shoe pivoted thereto, a sleeve loosely mounted on said bolt and having a flanged extremity to embrace said pivoted to each other and to said sleeve and one of said bolt-shoes and lock-means for said lever-arms, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

- 4. An auto tire-tube carrier having re-- a central hollow member for a bolt carrying a lock-nut, a

eessed shoes, reception of sleeve with a flanged extremity arrangedand operating to conceal said nut, said bolt "carrying a fixed shoe and a complemental shoe pivoted thereto,1ever-arms pivoted to said sleeve and to said last-named shoe and a loclnmeans for said ever-armsand arranged to engage the same, substantially as and for the purposes described' In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I LOUIS nornscrnLn' Witnesses J. WALTER DOUGLASS, HERBERT Hrmzs'rnm.

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